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Montrealers are full of complaints. Sometimes they’re even willing to fill out of a form to make an official complaint, which is what 326 people have done<\/a> in response to the STM’s last round of fare hikes at the beginning of this year. But that’s not all they’re unhappy with: transit users are now complaining that the Laval extension has made the metro too crowded and that the STM isn’t doing enough to keep up with the increased ridership.<\/p>\n

When the Laval metro opened in April, its three stations were expected to be used by a combined 34,000 riders per day. Just over half a year later, that projection has been surpassed<\/a>, with 45,000 passengers boarding trains at Cartier, de la Concorde and Montmorency stations. In response, the STM has increased the number of trains that serve the orange line at rush hour, but it still isn’t enough to keep up with demand. <\/p>\n

It’s an appropriate time, then, for the two commissions in charge of examining Montreal’s new transport plan to release their final report<\/a>, which is what they did last week. Between them, the opaquely-named Commission du conseil municipal and Commission permanente du conseil d’agglom\u00e9ration made 150 recommendations drawn from a series of public consultations held earlier this fall. Most notably, they suggest reinstating bridge tolls; reducing the number of non-residential parking spaces; extending the blue line east to Pie IX; and building three tramway lines, along Park Avenue, C\u00f4te des Neiges Road and around the Old Port. None of these ideas are particularly revolutionary — they’ve all been discussed in detail over the past few years — but they’re seen as necessary if the city hopes to achieve its goal of reducing the number of car trips made in Montreal by 20 percent before 2021. <\/p>\n

There aren’t any new orange line trains on the horizon, though — those will have to wait until after the new green line trains are delivered in a few years.<\/p>\n

You can read more about the official transport plan, which was released last May, on the city’s website<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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